devildeac,
Nine consecutive posts? What is the record?
Sweet, I leap frogged over the devildeac, the wilson, and the duck into seventh place!
It's actually a nod to the vernacular "Jump the Shark." That term refers to a pop-culture phenomenon that passes a certain point of quality and then proceeds to outlive its useful time span. For instance, the Cosby Show jumped the shark once Winnie and Nelson were born.
The term refers to a Happy Days episode (I think it was Happy Days) where someone did a waterski jump over a shark.
My adaptation, I guess, wasn't that funny.
And I'm drawing a complete blank on "Would you rather?"s right now.
Thanks for the good vibes. We brought back the same 12 teens that we left with - and in the promised no more than 2 pieces. It was a great week - our kids were great and had a rewarding time on the mission trip. The adults saw some lack of organization areas that were very dissatisfying - there is no excuse to run out of peanut butter and deli meat for the making of lunches. There was a Wally World 5 minutes away.
FYI - Fonzie did, indeed, jump the shark in an episode of Happy Days. I think he might have even had his leather jacket on when he did it.
There is a Jump The Shark website.
The phrase "jumped the shark" jumped the shark a while ago.
Also, I'll take the tail over the duck. I'd use the tail to eat devil's food cake.
It seems that perhaps "nuke the fridge" is the new "jump the shark."
I love your avatar!